No band...just me, an elderly Roland and a couple of guitars.
Story behind the song
A young farmer was called up for service. When he got back from Iraq, he had lost his sight in a land mine explosion.
Lyrics
The Firestorm
v1
Honey the firestorm took my eyes
The night took my days
I can hear the smile that lights your voice
I so want to see your face
Honey I want to see your face
v2
Thought that it was right that I should take the call
Though I never really wanted to
Thought that I was doing it for freedom
I thought I was doing it for you
Girl, I was doing it for you
Chorus
And I, in my mind, see you run across the field to me at evening time
A sunset silhouette against a yellow sky
I see the our children dancing in your eyes
v3
Couldn’t really see until the light went out
That we were just discards, out of mind
Of the one eyed jack who would be king
In the kingdom of the blind
In the kingdom of the blind
Chorus.
